Drying of Porous Solids in High Temperature Radiation Furnace

High Temperature Walnut Drying

On farm walnut drying is often a major bottle neck during the start of walnut harvest. The recommended maximum drying air temperature for English walnuts is 110 of. This limit is based on tests by university personnel during the introduction of heated air drying (Batchelor, 1924) which demonstrated that long term exposure to temperatures higher that 110°F caused walnuts to turn rancid. This pro...

A High-temperature Powder Diffraction Furnace

A new high-temperature XRD instrument, utilizing multilayer optics and a custom furnace, has been developed to maximize sensitivity and minimize problems associated with sample displacement. This paper will describe the technical specifications of the new instrument, and will present temperature calibration with standard reference materials and measurement of phase evolution in an industrial gl...

Simulstion of Gas Diffusion in Capillaries and Porous Solids

Simulstion of Gas Diffusion in Capillaries and Porous Solids

High sensitivity gas spectroscopy of porous, highly scattering solids.

We present minimalistic and cost-efficient instrumentation employing tunable diode laser gas spectroscopy for the characterization of porous and highly scattering solids. The sensitivity reaches 3 x 10(-6) (absorption fraction), and the improvement with respect to previous work in this field is a factor of 10. We also provide the first characterization of the interference phenomenon encountered...